In the days of Noah, when the great flood was nigh, Noah saw how the earth had sunken
down and knew its destruction was near.
Terrified, he went to the ends of the earth, and cried out to his grandfather, Enoch, and
with an embittered voice, he said: "Hear me, hear me, hear me."
Tell me, what is this that is befalling the earth?
Why is the earth shaken, and in such a terrible plight?
Will I perish with it?'
And his cries were heard, for Enoch came down from the heavens and stood by his grandson,
saying: 'Why do you cry and weep?
Why are you in bitter tears?'
A command has come from the Lord concerning those who dwell on the earth that their days
are at an end, because they have learned all the secrets of the angels, and all the violence
of the Satans.
They have learned all their powers, even the most secret ones - the power of sorcery, the
power of witchcraft, and the power to make molten images, how silver is produced from
the dust of the earth, and how soft metal originates from the earth.
With that, Enoch took hold of his grandson's hand and lifted him up, saying to him: 'Go,
for I have asked the Lord of spirits about this disturbance on the earth, and He revealed
to me, that because of their unrighteousness, their judgment has been determined and shall
not be withheld.
Because of the sorceries which they have learned, the earth and those who dwell on it shall
be destroyed."
They have been shown what was hidden, and for that they are the damned.
But as for you, my son, the Lord of spirits knows that you are pure and guiltless of this
reproach concerning the secrets.
And He has destined your name to be among the holy, and will preserve you among those
who dwell on the earth.
He has destined your righteous seed both for kingship and for great honors, and from your
seed shall proceed a fountain of the righteous and holy without number forever.
And so Enoch showed Noah the angels of punishment who are prepared to come and let loose all
the powers of the waters which are beneath
the earth in order to bring judgment and destruction
on all who dwell on the earth.
And the Lord God came to Noah and said to him: 'Noah, your lot has come up before Me,
a lot without blame, a lot of love and righteousness.
My angels are making a wooden structure, and when they have completed that task I will
place My hand on it and keep it safe, and there shall come out of it the seed of life,
and a change shall set in so that the earth will not remain without inhabitants.
I will establish your seed before me for ever and ever, and I will spread abroad those who
dwell with you; and the face of the earth will be fruitful.
They shall be blessed and multiply on the earth in my name.'
After the Lord of Spirits had spoken, Enoch revealed to Noah the secrets of his parables,
showing him that burning valley where those angels who have shown unrighteousness to men,
shall be imprisoned.
He showed him the streams of fiery molten metal, and the lake of fire, from which arose
the smell of sulphur.
There, will they be punished, those angels who are full of lust, those spirits who have
denied the Lord of spirits.
The Holy angels themselves began to feel pity for their damned brethren, for Michael spoke
to Raphael, saying: 'The power of the Lord grips me and makes me tremble because of the
severity of the judgment of the angels.
Who can endure the severe judgment, before which they shall be melted away?'
'Who would not have a softened heart concerning it?
And whose mind would not be troubled by this judgment against them?
But I will not defend them under the eye of the Lord; for the Lord of spirits is angry
with them, because they acted as if they were the Lord.
Therefore no other angel or man shall have his portion in this damnation, they alone
have received the judgment of their actions forever and ever.